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Cast
Sami Frey
as Babeuf (segment "Babeuf")
Brigitte Fossey
as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Julie Delpy
as (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Rosine Cadoret
as Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
Didier Bezace
as Actor (segment "Premier empire")
Marc de Jonge
as Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
Philippe Collin
as Napoléon (segment "Premier empire")
Georges Azenstarck
as Photographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Anne Wiazemsky
as Elisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Pierre Vial
as Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1978
Runtime2h 15m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, War, History
Votes2
DirectorFrançois Barat, Joël Farges, Vincent Nordon
WritersFrançois Barat, Joël Farges, Vincent Nordon
TypeFeature Film
Rating10.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsCivil Wars in France
About Civil Wars in France
Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.
Directed by François Barat, Joël Farges, Vincent Nordon, Civil Wars in France leans on a strong ensemble — Sami Frey, Brigitte Fossey, Julie Delpy — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1978.
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